Kenneth E Kunkel

Works (50)

Updated: April 5th, 2024 10:08

2023 review

Incorporating non-stationarity from climate change into rainfall frequency and intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves

[Review of ]. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 616.

By: K. Schlef *, K. Kunkel n, C. Brown*, Y. Demissie *, D. Lettenmaier *, A. Wagner *, M. Wigmosta *, T. Karl * ...

author keywords: IDF curves; Precipitation frequency; Non-stationarity; Climate change; Regionalization
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: February 27, 2023

2023 journal article

Synoptic Typing of Multiduration, Heavy Precipitation Records in the Northeastern United States: 1895-2017

JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 62(6), 721–736.

By: C. Crossett *, L. Dupigny-Giroux*, K. Kunkel n, A. Betts * & A. Bomblies *

author keywords: Precipitation; Synoptic -scale processes; Principal components analysis; Trends
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: July 19, 2023

2023 journal article

Why Has the Summertime Central US Warming Hole Not Disappeared?

JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 36(20), 7319–7336.

By: J. Eischeid*, M. Hoerling*, X. Quan *, A. Kumar *, J. Barsugli*, Z. Labe *, K. Kunkel n, C. Schreck III ...

author keywords: Climate variability; Decadal variability; Trends
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 2, 2024

2022 journal article

Development of a Rapid Response Capability to Evaluate Causes of Extreme Temperature and Drought Events in the United States

BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 103(3), S14–S20.

By: J. Barsugli*, D. Easterling*, D. Arndt*, D. Coates n, T. Delworth*, M. Hoerling*, N. Johnson *, S. Kapnick* ...

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: May 31, 2022

2022 journal article

Extreme Precipitation Trends and Meteorological Causes Over the Laurentian Great Lakes

FRONTIERS IN WATER, 4.

By: K. Kunkel n, X. Yin *, L. Sun n, S. Champion n, L. Stevens n & K. Johnson n

author keywords: Great Lakes (North America); extreme precipitation; weather fronts; meteorology; trends
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: June 13, 2022

2022 journal article

Machine Learning-Based Detection of Weather Fronts and Associated Extreme Precipitation in Historical and Future Climates

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 127(21).

By: K. Dagon *, J. Truesdale*, J. Biard, K. Kunkel n, G. Meehl * & M. Molina*

author keywords: climate modeling; machine learning; extreme precipitation; weather fronts
TL;DR: A deep learning algorithm is used to identify weather fronts in high resolution Community Earth System Model (CESM) simulations over the contiguous United States, and it is found that detected front frequencies in CESM have seasonally varying spatial patterns and responses to climate change. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: November 21, 2022

2022 journal article

Mapping Heat Wave Hazard in Urban Areas: A Novel Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach

ATMOSPHERE, 13(7).

By: J. Shiva *, D. Chandler * & K. Kunkel n

author keywords: heat wave; MCDM; natural hazard; hazard mapping; hazard classification; adaptation; mitigation; TOPSIS
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 8, 2022

2021 journal article

Heterogeneous response of global precipitation concentration to global warming

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, 41, E2347–E2359.

By: Q. Dong *, W. Wang *, K. Kunkel n, Q. Shao *, W. Xing * & J. Wei *

author keywords: climate change; climatological regions; increased CO2; precipitation concentration
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: October 26, 2020

2020 journal article

Investigating the association between late spring Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures and US Gulf Coast precipitation extremes with focus on Hurricane Harvey

ENVIRONMETRICS, 31(2).

By: B. Russell *, M. Risser *, R. Smith * & K. Kunkel n

author keywords: coregionalization; covariance tapering; generalized extreme value distribution; multivariate spatial modeling; precipitation return levels
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 26, 2019

2020 journal article

Observed Climatological Relationships of Extreme Daily Precipitation Events With Precipitable Water and Vertical Velocity in the Contiguous United States

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 47(12).

By: K. Kunkel n, S. Stevens n, L. Stevens n & T. Karl *

author keywords: precipitation; extremes; water vapor
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 10, 2020

2020 journal article

Precipitation Extremes: Trends and Relationships with Average Precipitation and Precipitable Water in the Contiguous United States

JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 59(1), 125–142.

By: K. Kunkel n, T. Karl, M. Squires*, X. Yin *, S. Stegall n & D. Easterling*

author keywords: Climate change; Climate variability
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 27, 2020

2019 journal article

An Assessment of Rainfall from Hurricanes Harvey and Florence Relative to Other Extremely Wet Storms in the United States

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 46(22), 13500–13506.

By: K. Kunkel n & S. Champion n

author keywords: precipitation; extremes; meteorology
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 2, 2019

2019 journal article

Development of a Submonthly Temperature Product to Monitor Near-Real-Time Climate Conditions and Assess Long-Term Heat Events in the United States

JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 58(12), 2653–2674.

By: J. Rennie n, J. Bell*, K. Kunkel n, S. Herring*, H. Cullen* & A. Abadi *

author keywords: Climatology; Surface temperature; In situ atmospheric observations; Statistics
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 30, 2019

2019 journal article

Evaluation of CMIP5 ability to reproduce twentieth century regional trends in surface air temperature and precipitation over CONUS

CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 53(9-10), 5459–5480.

By: J. Lee *, D. Waliser *, H. Lee *, P. Loikith * & K. Kunkel n

author keywords: CMIP5; Model evaluation; Surface air temperature; Multi-model ensemble
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: November 18, 2019

2019 journal article

Localized Changes in Heat Wave Properties Across the United States

EARTHS FUTURE, 7(3), 300–319.

By: J. Shiva *, D. Chandler * & K. Kunkel n

author keywords: heat wave; climate change; Urban Heat Island; extreme climate events; heat wave properties and components; heat wave profile
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: April 29, 2019

2019 journal article

Precipitation and Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes: Continental Analysis with High-Resolution Radar Data

BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 100(8), 1453–1462.

By: S. Stevens n, C. Schreck n, S. Saha n, J. Bell  n & K. Kunkel n

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 16, 2019

2019 journal article

Simulation of Daily Extreme Precipitation over the United States in the CMIP5 30-Yr Decadal Prediction Experiment

JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 58(4), 875–886.

By: S. Stegall n & K. Kunkel n

author keywords: Extreme events; Climate change; Hindcasts
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: April 22, 2019

2018 review

Changes in extreme events and the potential impacts on human health

[Review of ]. JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, 68(4), 265–287.

By: J. Bell n, C. Brown *, K. Conlon *, S. Herring*, K. Kunkel n, J. Lawrimore*, G. Luber*, C. Schreck n, A. Smith*, C. Uejio *

MeSH headings : Climate Change; Forecasting; Humans; Public Health / trends; Weather
TL;DR: Some of the ways extreme events are changing and examples of the potential impacts on human health and infrastructure are provided and key research gaps to be addressed to improve the resilience of public health to extreme events in the future are identified. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Impacts of increasing aridity and wildfires on aerosol loading in the intermountain Western US

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 12(1).

By: A. Hallar *, N. Molotch *, J. Hand*, B. Livneh *, I. McCubbin*, R. Petersen *, J. Michalsky *, D. Lowenthal*, K. Kunkel n

author keywords: aridity; wildfires; aerosol; aerosol optical depth; IMPROVE
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Multivariate Downscaling Approach Preserving Cross Correlations across Climate Variables for Projecting Hydrologic Fluxes

Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(8), 2187–2205.

By: R. Bhowmik  n, A. Sankarasubramanian  n, T. Sinha*, J. Patskoski n, G. Mahinthakumar n & K. Kunkel n

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Synthesis of public water supply use in the United States: Spatio‐temporal patterns and socio‐economic controls

Earth's Future, 5(7), 771–788.

By: A. Sankarasubramanian  n, J. Sabo *, K. Larson *, S. Seo *, T. Sinha*, R. Bhowmik  n, A. Vidal, K. Kunkel n ...

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Detection and attribution of climate extremes in the observed record

Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, 17–27.

By: D. Easterling*, K. Kunkel*, M. Wehner * & L. Sun *

author keywords: Observed climate change; Extremes; Detection; Attribution
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: February 24, 2020

2016 journal article

Evaluation of Total Precipitable Water from CRCM4 using the NVAP-MEaSUREs Dataset and ERA-Interim Reanalysis Data

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN, 54(5), 541–548.

By: D. Paquin *, A. Frigon * & K. Kunkel n

author keywords: regional climate modelling; evaluation; precipitable water; observations
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Innovations in information management and access for assessments

Climatic Change, 135(1), 69–83.

By: A. Waple*, S. Champion*, K. Kunkel* & C. Tilmes*

TL;DR: The third National Climate Assessment (NCA3) included goals for becoming a more timely, inclusive, rigorous, and sustained process, and for serving a wider variety of decision makers. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Innovations in science and scenarios for assessment

CLIMATIC CHANGE, 135(1), 55–68.

By: K. Kunkel n, R. Moss* & A. Parris*

TL;DR: Future assessments would benefit from an earlier start to scenarios development, the provision of training in addition to guidance documents, new and flexible approaches for nesting information, ongoing engagement and advice from both scientific and end user communities, and the development of consistent and integrated scenarios. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Seasonal and regional variations in extreme precipitation event frequency using CMIP5

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 43(10), 5385–5393.

By: E. Janssen*, R. Sriver *, D. Wuebbles * & K. Kunkel n

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Trends and Extremes in Northern Hemisphere Snow Characteristics

Current Climate Change Reports, 2(2), 65–73.

By: K. Kunkel n, D. Robinson *, S. Champion n, X. Yin, T. Estilow* & R. Frankson n

author keywords: Snow; Extremes; Snow cover; Snowfall; Snowdepth
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Crossref
Added: February 24, 2020

2015 journal article

A framework for examining climate-driven changes to the seasonality and geographical range of coastal pathogens and harmful algae

Climate Risk Management, 8, 16–27.

By: J. Jacobs*, S. Moore *, K. Kunkel n & L. Sun  n

author keywords: Climate change; Modeling; Human health; Harmful algal blooms; Vibrio; Alexandrium
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Crossref
Added: February 24, 2020

2015 journal article

Effects of ocean warming on growth and distribution of dinoflagellates associated with ciguatera fish poisoning in the Caribbean

ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, 316, 194–210.

By: S. Kibler*, P. Tester *, K. Kunkel n, S. Moore * & R. Litaker *

author keywords: Climate change; Ciguatoxin; Harmful algal bloom; Benthic dinoflagellate
TL;DR: The projected growth rates suggest the distribution and abundance of CFP-associated dinoflagellate species will shift substantially through 2099, and rising water temperatures are projected to increase the abundance and diversity of Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa species in the Gulf of Mexico and along the U.S. southeast Atlantic coast. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Is the monthly temperature climate of the United States becoming more extreme?

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 42(2), 629–636.

By: K. Kunkel n, R. Vose*, L. Stevens n & R. Knight n

author keywords: temperature; extreme; trend
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 personal communication

Reply to "Comments on 'Monitoring and Understanding Trends in Extreme Storms: State of Knowledge'"

Kossin, J. P., Karl, T. R., Knutson, T. R., Emanuel, K. A., Kunkel, K. E., & O'Brien, J. J. (2015, July).

By: J. Kossin *, T. Karl *, T. Knutson *, K. Emanuel *, K. Kunkel n & J. O'Brien *

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

The Seasonal Nature of Extreme Hydrological Events in the Northeastern United States

JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 16(5), 2065–2085.

By: A. Frei *, K. Kunkel n & A. Matonse*

author keywords: Climate variability; Hydrology; Hydrometeorology; Water budget; Multidecadal variability
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Observational- and model-based trends and projections of extreme precipitation over the contiguous United States

Earth's Future, 2(2), 99–113.

By: E. Janssen*, D. Wuebbles *, K. Kunkel n, S. Olsen * & A. Goodman*

author keywords: Extreme Precipitation; CMIP5
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: June 6, 2020

2013 journal article

Changes in weather and climate extremes: State of knowledge relevant to air and water quality in the United States

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 64(2), 184–197.

By: T. Peterson*, T. Karl *, J. Kossin *, K. Kunkel*, J. Lawrimore*, J. McMahon*, R. Vose*, X. Yin

MeSH headings : Air; Climate Change; Disasters; United States; Water Quality; Weather
TL;DR: The state of knowledge of how and why extreme events are changing and are projected to change in the future is discussed, which has ramifications on air and water quality management. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Crossref
Added: June 6, 2020

2013 journal article

Monitoring and understanding trends in extreme storms state of knowledge

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(4), 499–514.

By: K. Kunkel, T. Karl, H. Brooks, J. Kossin, J. Lawrimore, D. Arndt, L. Bosart, D. Changnon ...

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Probable maximum precipitation and climate change

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 40(7).

By: K. Kunkel n, T. Karl *, D. Easterling*, K. Redmond*, J. Young *, X. Yin, P. Hennon n

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

A Distributed Cotton Growth Model Developed from GOSSYM and Its Parameter Determination

AGRONOMY JOURNAL, 104(3), 661–674.

By: X. Liang *, M. Xu *, W. Gao *, K. Reddy *, K. Kunkel n, D. Schmoldt*, A. Samel*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Meteorological Causes of the Secular Variations in Observed Extreme Precipitation Events for the Conterminous United States

JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 13(3), 1131–1141.

By: K. Kunkel n, D. Easterling*, D. Kristvich, B. Gleason*, L. Stoecker* & R. Smith*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Physical Modeling of US Cotton Yields and Climate Stresses during 1979 to 2005

AGRONOMY JOURNAL, 104(3), 675–683.

By: X. Liang *, M. Xu *, W. Gao *, K. Reddy *, K. Kunkel n, D. Schmoldt*, A. Samel*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

REGIONAL CLIMATE-WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODEL

BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 93(9), 1363–1387.

By: X. Liang *, M. Xu *, X. Yuan *, T. Ling*, H. Choi*, F. Zhang *, L. Chen *, S. Liu * ...

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Recent increases in U.S. heavy precipitation associated with tropical cyclones

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 37.

By: K. Kunkel n, D. Easterling*, D. Kristovich *, B. Gleason*, L. Stoecker* & R. Smith*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

The response of Great Lakes water levels to future climate scenarios with an emphasis on Lake Michigan-Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research, 36, 51–58.

By: J. Angel* & K. Kunkel*

author keywords: Climate change; Great Lakes; Water levels; Water supply
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020

2009 journal article

A new look at lake-effect snowfall trends in the Laurentian Great Lakes using a temporally homogeneous data set

Journal of Great Lakes Research, 35(1), 23–29.

By: K. Kunkel*, L. Ensor*, M. Palecki*, D. Easterling*, D. Robinson *, K. Hubbard*, K. Redmond*

author keywords: Snowfall; Trends; Lake-effect; Great Lakes
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020

2009 journal article

How spatially coherent and statistically robust are temporal changes in extreme precipitation in the contiguous USA?

International Journal of Climatology, 29(1), 31–45.

By: S. Pryor *, J. Howe* & K. Kunkel*

author keywords: extreme precipitation; probability distribution; trends
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020

2008 journal article

Impacts of long-range transport of global pollutants and precursor gases on U.S. air quality under future climatic conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research, 113(D19).

By: H. Huang*, J. Lin *, Z. Tao *, H. Choi*, K. Patten*, K. Kunkel*, M. Xu *, J. Zhu * ...

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020

2008 journal article

Regional climate models downscaling analysis of general circulation models present climate biases propagation into future change projections

Geophysical Research Letters, 35(8).

By: X. Liang *, K. Kunkel*, G. Meehl *, R. Jones * & J. Wang*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020

2008 journal article

Sensitivity of future ozone concentrations in the northeast USA to regional climate change

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 13(5-6), 597–606.

By: K. Kunkel*, H. Huang*, X. Liang *, J. Lin *, D. Wuebbles *, Z. Tao *, A. Williams*, M. Caughey*, J. Zhu *, K. Hayhoe *

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: November 13, 2020

2006 journal article

Regional climate model downscaling of the U.S. summer climate and future change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 111(D10), n/a-n/a.

By: X. Liang *, J. Pan *, J. Zhu *, K. Kunkel*, J. Wang* & A. Dai *

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020

2005 journal article

The twentieth-century pluvial in the western United States

Geophysical Research Letters, 32(7), n/a-n/a.

By: C. Woodhouse *, K. Kunkel*, D. Easterling* & E. Cook *

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: August 28, 2020

2004 journal article

Temporal variations in frost-free season in the United States: 1895–2000

Geophysical Research Letters, 31(3).

By: K. Kunkel*

Source: Crossref
Added: November 13, 2020

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